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L^LIA albida. 

 White-flowered Lcelia. 



GYNANDRIA MO^A^DRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § Epidendre^. 

 L^LIJ. Botanical Register, vol. 1\.fol. 1751. 



L. albida ; pseudo-bulbis ovalibus diphyllis, foliis linearibus acutis spica mul- 

 tiflora 4-pl6 brevioribus, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis vel subacumi- 

 natis petalisque latioribus acutis, omnibus apicibus reflexis fortiter mucro- 

 nuktis; labelli alt^ trilobi tricostati lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis 

 intermedio duplo majore subrotundo obscure apiculato reflexo. Batetnan 

 in lilt. Botanical Register, 1839, misc. no. 4. 



Pseudobulbi ovati, sulcati, diphylli. Folia angusfe lanccolata, erecto- 

 patula, scapo breviora. Racemus erectus, 2-5-fiorus. Bracteae ovatte, durce, 

 obtusce, sessiles, nance. Sepala Candida, apice rgsea, oblongo-lanceolata, 

 patula. Petala breviora, oblonga, obtusiora, revoluta, concolora. Labellum 

 obovatum, trilobum, d-lamellatum : laciyiiis lateralibus obtusis intermedia ob- 

 tuso apiculato undulato rubescente multo brevioribus; lamellce labelli luteal, 

 purpureo-punctatce. Columna elongata, glabra. 



Oaxaca is the head-quarters of Orchidacese, in the king- 

 dom of Mexico. It was there that Count Karwinski found 

 the greater part of the species, of which specimens were 

 brought home by him to Munich ; it is there that the majo- 

 rity of European collectors have obtained the best part of 

 what they have sent home ; and where, lately, Mr. Hartweg 

 has got together not fewer than 140 species for the Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



Oaxaca is the native country of this lovely plant, a notice 

 of which has already been inserted in the present work, and 

 than which none is more worthy of a figure ; for its flowers 

 are as sweet as a bed of primroses, which in fact they much 

 resemble in odour. Count Karwinski found it near St. Pedro, 

 in cool places, according to the herbarium of Dr. Von Martius, 

 in which wild specimens exist. 



